Monday, 30 April 2018

In this Earthlearningidea, pupils are asked to highlight the misconceptions they may have about where offshore oil is found – as a basis for discussion to address these misconceptions. Ask pupils to visualise what an underground oil reservoir might look like, and draw and label a picture to show their ideas.
A number of activities relating to oil/gas can be found on our website.

Monday, 23 April 2018

Pupils obtain information and use it to interpret past environments. The activity could be used in science, geography or environmental studies lessons. Writing the story involves a cross-curricular link with the arts.
Our website contains lots more innovative teaching ideas about climate change, geological time and cross curricular themes.

All the ‘lumps and bumps’ of a landscape are either natural or the result of human activity; larger features can only be natural. This activity uses these features as clues to the underlying geology and geological structure.
Many more ideas to carry out in the field can be found on our website.

This activity gives an opportunity to show how a complex scientific topic can be used in the classroom to show how science depends upon evidence and interpretation.
Other ELIs about climate change can be found in'Teaching strategies' on the website.

If geological features seen in the field can be 're-created' (simulated) in front of the exposure where they are found, then pupil understanding will be enhanced. This seems to be effective.
Many more ideas for field work can be found on our website.

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ELI is publishing FREE Earth-related teaching ideas, designed to be practical resources for teachers and teacher-trainers all over the world.We publish new Earth Learning Ideas every two weeks. Some of these activities require the use of some basic school laboratory equipment and some include abstract ideas. We label these activities ELI+. Each activity is designed to create pupil participation for maximum learning.All activities are free to download and most require minimal cost and equipment. Best of all, they are fun!